“It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.”
Leadership is not about being in charge — it is about taking care of the people in your charge. These quotes cover management, vision, decision-making, and the qualities that separate leaders people follow willingly from those people merely tolerate.
“Market leadership can translate directly to higher revenue, higher profitability, greater capital velocity, and correspondingly stronger returns on invested capital.”
“It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.”
“I recognize we will pay more attention when we have different leadership.”
“Now, if we look at the way in which the labor movement itself has evolved over the last couple of decades, we see increasing numbers of black people who are in the leadership of the labor movement and this is true today.”
“Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.”
“Leadership is, among other things, the ability to inflict pain and get away with it - short-term pain for long-term gain.”
“I forgot to shake hands and be friendly. It was an important lesson about leadership.”
“The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.”
“People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.”
“Market leadership can translate directly to higher revenue, higher profitability, greater capital velocity, and correspondingly stronger returns on invested capital.”
“To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.”
“Leadership offers an opportunity to make a difference in someone's life, no matter what the project.”
“A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world.”
“Leadership is about being a servant first.”
“Black leadership has to recognize that principles more than speech, character more than a claim, is greater in advancing the cause of our liberation than what has transpired thus far.”
“We live in a society obsessed with public opinion. But leadership has never been about popularity.”